Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

exhausted, so just bumping for now.

Lauriek -- I think it's great that you have a trainer that really challenges you, and I guess you can tell that by the fact that you fall out from time to time.

Nicholsvj -- the problem I have with mini muffins (or mini bites of any kind) is that I tend to eat 3. I had 3 mini-Gu flapjacks yesterday...

Skinnyjeans -- good luck on the stairs. 48 floors on the Climb Master is a lot! Keep practising. I find down harder than up really; I get very frustrated that the Striiv only counts upstairs.

Tekavincent -- my family did a bit of a number on me on health and weight; I think setting up a cycle of eating stupidly low-calorie meals and then loads of unhealthy snacks. I too have photos of me looking perfeclty healthy at a time when my mum kept telling me to diet. The big revelation of the last two months for me is that I can eat three perfectly sensibly sized meals made of actual food, every day, and still hit my targets.

Lin (and other carers) -- Caring is so exhasuting and frustrating and takes so much out of you. Keep remembering it's a good thing you're doing, and keep taking time for yourself.

Various people on 'eating an elephant one bite at a time' -- I'm trying to think of it in 10% chunks. I had a 109 pound target; I've finished my first 10% of that and am nearly halfway to the second 10%. It doesn't feel so bad that way. If I think about the whole thing, or the length of time it might take, I get discouraged. I also have some intermediate targets -- 24lb is the NHS 'you can lose 10% of your bodyweight, and maintain, and you will feel better for it', and 40lb gets me to ONEderland -- and I'm going to have some big celebrations for each of those.

Check-in: just back from five days at my last long festival of the year. This time -- third time lucky for long weekends -- I logged all my food and exercise, and kept in balance within a couple hundred cals, right up till yesterday when I had a little more to eat because I was hungry. I think I'm being a touch too conservative on exercise calories. I live in mortal fear of over-counting exercise and under-counting food, especially when I'm away from home and can't weigh or use the HR monitor. At any rate, I think MFP's calculations for 'slow walking' underestimate when it's walking over fields.

I felt noticably thinner at the end of the weekend than I did at the beginning, and I have lost four pounds. Which gets me over a little hump I'd been having in August, where I'd lose and then gain.

I've been reading, but just reading was a struggle after five days away. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.

-- Alison

Bump...found you guys, yay!!!

Belated Monday Check In - Weighed myself and again no change, but this is good as we were away again this weekend...another boozy/food filled affair. However it was the last one of the year, so I can really get myself back on track.

Tuesday Goals - Continue with five 30 minutes exercise per week and at least one protion of fruit/veg with each meal. This week is also to ensure that I log everyday, even on Saturday (when attending a wedding)

Tuesday goal: To be gentler on myself. One of my friends told me she tracked her food for two months and then consulted with a nutritionist in order to lose 30 lbs. I only tracked for two weeks and then expected to be able to make the huge changes right away that would set me on the right path ... and without any guidance! So, no wonder I am struggling. So ... my goal is to keep tracking, keep making positive changes in my food and lifestyle, and not beat myself up when I am not perfect.
Have a great Tuesday, everyone!

Laurie - have a great day with your trainer and kill those stairs. I know you can outperform your own expectations.
Those school shootings are becoming all too common, aren't they?

Vicki - glad you're seeing some size changes. Hope you see the scale move soon.

monarchris - I'm so proud of you for getting your walk up to 40 minutes - thats super!

janak - very attractive new picture! How nice of you to make room for relatives fleeing from the hurricane - I hope you are not inconvenienced for too long!

Karen - So sorry your son and his family are leaving you - very stressful indeed. I can imagine hard hard it will be for you living on your own as I had to do that after my divorce. There are some unexpected benefits if you approach it with an open heart and a sense of gratitude for the gifts of solitude and a chance to get to know yourself all over again. I'm not saying it will be easy but keep an open mind about it.

regojess - I love your up and down weight loss saga! :laugh: Sorry for all the reading you have to do....

Bohemian - congrats on your weight loss also!

Walkingqueen - fingers crossed your bid on your house is accepted!

Celtic - I think you have the most fun weekends of us all!

@RobinsEgg- Offer was accepted we have our inspection today with a closing date of 9/24/12.

@Raven he knows he's doing these things. I know he isn't doing it to upset me and I have told him before how I felt about it. I just don't fell like reiterating myself every time something like that happens.

@ Vinson - I found a very exaggerated, loud, and ugly version of the sigh/face/remark they make usually makes them stop after a few times. Of course that might be one of the reasons I'm divorced.

@Aug - That night light idea sounds fantastic! I wish I was handy enough to be able to fix my car/ create things like that.

@noni Myers & Pomegranate - Welcome!

@Nicheven - I have the same problem. Some weeks it'll pop up 4 or even 5 lbs and I KNOW I'm doing what I should. I have to ride it out and it eventually comes off (plus more).

@cathesh - great job this week and I don't think I could have stuck with JUST 3 slices of fresh homemade banana bread at least not yet.

@Lizmil - Do you suffer from hypoglycemia? Do you get the faintness often?

@naceto - I used to get that way after binging, so perhaps it is the sugar? I hope you perk up and feel better very soon.

@Susan - great idea checking out the menu beforehand. Chilean Sea Bass, YUM!

@Laurie - HOpe all goes well today with that trainer!

@Vickie - Have you looked at any old pictures? I felt the same way and was complaining to my mother about it. She immediately mailed me some photographs of myself and WOW...... seeing the difference between then and now is HUGE. She sent two of my wedding when I was my heaviest @ 326 (94 lbs ago) and yeah..... scary stuff. YOU might not notice the little changes but they are there!

@Monachris - 40 minutes!! That's fantastic!


@Janak - hope you and all your loved ones are safe and sound!

@KarenLeona - I can imagine how stressful. Robin is right though, try to look at it as an opportunity. After my divorce was the first time I ever lived alone. I went out and got myself a cat and I LOVE living alone now. It's MY home. See that TV remote? I put it there and guess what...IT"S STILL THERE!. 'Cause no one moved it or LOST it!!

Brothers- can't live with 'em and can't kill 'em lol!

There were plenty of times growing up I would have been happy with either option.

@bohemian - grats on the jump foward!

@Maddalen - I've been tracking for 6 months now (only 2 on MFP) and I still don't trust myself to 'wing it'. My ideas of portion sizes, macros, and just everything is too skewed from years of bad eating. It takes time to build good strong healthy habits, imo.

@walking queen - gratz on the new home!!

Tuesday Goals; Keep under my calories this week, to keep moving and to learn to MOVE ON. That's a big one for me. I find something/someone and hold on SO tightly. I can't do that. I don't need anything/anyone but me. Time to move on and live for me and stop waiting for things that aren't coming.

@RobinsEgg- Offer was accepted we have our inspection today with a closing date of 9/24/12.

Congrats on getting the house!

My Tuesday Goal: To keep drinking my 8 glasses of water. The couple days I didn't drink enough I felt sluggish and dried out. The scale also seemed to reflect the water, after drinking properly again the scale is back to where it was. My learned thing today.. DRINK MORE WATER!

Also I have a NSV I wanted to share - I found a recipe on Skinny Taste for low cal ranch, that my husband said was better than hidden valley! 55 Cals for 1/4 cup, and its soooo yummy. Happy the hubster likes it because he can be VERY picky.

Hello all, many great post as usual. Thanks. I have been just bumbling along and have said that for many weeks. I just can't seem to get with it. The good thing is I am not gaining. I always seem too tired or too busy to eat right or exercise.
Anyway I am taking a 2 day mini vacation at a casino. I am going to sleep in and watch a bunch of TV. Swim and eat. I am sure I will be eating bad but just once a day. lol.
So glad you all are here to keep me thinking positive and one day I might start listening.

The weekend didn't go well for me in terms of food. I feel like instead of saying something to my bf about how I feel like he still isn't being supportive or understanding to what I am trying to do that I just give in and eat what he is eating. I don't like confrontation and I love my bf so much. I think I just need to get over it and eat healthy around him and not care about his sighs and eye rolling and weird looks. Not like he cooks anyways.

~Lana

Lana, I know what you mean, not because my bf is un-supportive, but there are many others in my life who aren't. What I have learned is to keep repeating this mantra "I am doing this for me, myself, and I; and everyone else can just get over it." Since he doesn't do the cooking when you're around, you could try talking to him about setting some ground rules in regards to food. Take snacks as an example. When you go to the store with him, he gets to pick one thing he wants, and you get to pick one thing you want (which will be a healthy option). He doesn't have to eat your stuff, and you don't have to eat his.

Tuesdays goals
Well my doctor said i can start exercising again ! So i am going to exercise to Just Dance on the wii when i get home !
Also i am going to get my water in too !

I was thinking a neat September goal would be to try something we were afraid to try before we started on our journeys, just a thought.

Christine

oh, that's a really cool idea. but i can't think of anything right now. that i would do at this point, anyway. :laugh: i'll have to think on that one.

Can anybody join this? I need to lose about 160-170 pounds and I need motivation and support. What are the guidelines for being part of this group?

Thanks,
Shari

Shari, of course you can join. This group is for those having to lose 100 lbs or more. Robin is our group facilitator and on the 1st page of the thread has posted an outline which is a guide for sharing. Welcome to our group, you will find it accepting, caring, supportive and motivating.

Christine

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