Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

******WARNING TMI ALERT******Please accept my apologies in advance, for what I am about to type. I'm pretty sure my brain to mouth filter is not working today.... :blushing:


Thursday truth - I fart. :embarassed: My son thinks it's fabulous and a good reason for him to do it too.... but his are much louder, and they stink like something died. :huh: So in the company of teenagers.... not a big deal. At work, however, it is not an acceptable form of expression. (My son told me that he read somewhere that fish fart to communicate.. interesting, but I digress...). I was always taught to leave the room (no, I didn't say "clear the room") when I feel the need to pass gas, however, not an option in the middle of a meeting. The only option is to sit uncomfortably, praying that it remains silent, but also NOT deadly. SO I went to my local Super Supplements and waited 10 minutes to talk to a gal that works there that I felt (almost) comfortable enough to explain my dilemma. She did not point and laugh, nor did she tell me to stand further away. She simply explained the "workings", and suggested a good probiotic and enzyme. Who would have thought that eating healthy would have such embarrassing side effects????

Anyway, I made you suffer through this because I am truly hoping it isn't just me (though I would not wish this on any one of you!). Have any of you used probiotics and enzymes and found them effective?

Farts are funny! I am experiencing the same thing. The healthier the stuff I'm eating the more gas I make. If we could only harness this energy I could drive myself to work everyday on the power of yesterday's salad! I've tried a few otc things but I still end up crop dusting here at work. If the stuff she recommended works will you share?

Friday fitness - I lose Friday fitness. I cheated yesterday and 'only' did weight lifting, I skipped the mowing/cardio. I'll do the lawn tonight.

There is a stray dog that wandered into our garage during a storm this week. I fed him, now he thinks he's my dog. Just to be clear I named him Sed, which is short for Someone Else's Dog. It's actually a name my in-laws could get behind (nudge nudge hint hint), they always have names like Puppy, Old Dog, Stray Dog. I have been searching for a home for the little feller, and last night I thought I had a sucker on the line. I rushed home and gave him a bath and flea treatment only to take my unstinky stray back home again. There is a rescue that will take him this weekend but I was really hoping to find him a furever home.

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Rushing out the door this morning, so I apologize for not going through everyone's comments, I will read them tonight.

Friday Fitness - same as last week, though hopefully this time I will keep to it. I want to goto the gym every other day. Tonight is gym night and I will NOT flake out. My goal is to increase to 5 days a week in the near future, 1/2 hour of cardio each day.

Fitness Friday - Of to the Aquatic Center after work today to sign up. I'll get my look around, my membership paid, and get the pool schedule. Then EARLY mornings Saturday and Sunday (oh and Monday since it's a holiday) when there's no one around to terrify (or harpoon me) I'll venture in the water. A few trips and I'll be more comfortable about going.

Looking at my food log is going to be hard all weekend. I'm upping my calories from 1200 to 1600 for a few days to try and jump this plateau I'm on. That means the log shows I'm -400 every day :grumble: and that always makes me edgy but I don't want to change the goals for just a weekend. On the other hand I'm looking forward to some healthy gnoshing this weekend! 400 extra calories of gnosh!

Friday Fitness: Well I kind of explained it in the above post. But

EVERY WEEK
Monday- Zumba
Tuesday- Zumba
Wednesday- at least 30min of some form of exercise (elliptical, treadmill, Jillian Michaels kicking my butt, kettle-bell workout)
Thursday- Either Zumba OR at least 30min of some form of exercise
Friday- at least 30min of some form of exercise

Yesterday I logged my food all day and I was under my calorie goal and felt great. I am back at this. I have a tupperware part to go to tonight and I know my SIL will have snacks. So my plan is to take my daughter to subway for dinner and we will eat before the party and I will not eat snacks.
And weekends are the toughest on me. I am going to log everything and do my best to make the right choices.

I want to see the number on that scale go down. Monday be it good or bad I am updating my weight loss ticker. I know it will show a gain but I have to be honest with myself and seeing the ticker go up will make me more motivated.

Thank you to everyone for being so encouraging and supportive during my rough patch!

So unbelievably appreciated!

Have a FANTASTIC FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!

Tina:flowerforyou:

MyM0wM0w -- stay strong and focused. 93lb is amazing! I'd agree with everyone else about mixing up your food and exercise. You mention 'some slips', make sure you're logging everything even if it's a slip, so you can check. Gosh, I dream of the day when I plateau at 93lb... Such a fantastic achievement. Good luck with the swimming!

vanimelda -- have a wonderful anniversary weekend!

tungsten93 -- just post when you can.

Tina -- Hope the exercise is working out for you. It's so easy to stop and forget how good it feels to work out. One of my favourite inspirational quotes is
"I really regret the workout I just finished -- said nobody ever".

PomegranatePincess -- I'm 47 and the weight is coming off just fine so far. I thought it would be really hard but it hasn't been. As for the living room, our living room is tiny. I have a Wii which fits under the telly, and a Wii Fit board, which fits under the sofa. I have a dance mat, which I keep behind the sofa, and I have to move the coffee table to use it. But that's enough equipment to do all the Wii fitness games, and there are loads of those. The thing that's made the most difference is stepping on and off the Wii board whenever I'm watching telly and I haven't already done 10k steps that day. It takes no time because I'd be watching telly anyway, and hardly any space. I'm thinking of getting a higher step though.

WalkingQueen -- congratulations on the house! We thought my son was certain to get an ODD diagnosis but he didn't. None of the standard approaches to discipline that schools use really work at all well on him. What does work is taking his screens away.

Jana -- I might have a banana sandwich or a peanut butter sandwich... or a peanut butter and banana sandwich... 25 minutes running is fantastic!

CelticHippo -- good luck with the soul searching. Logging all my cals made me realise that I was simply drinking too much beer on weekends and holidays. I do love it so, but I cut down a bit this last festival and was rewarded with a big reduction. Just, sort of, a pint at lunchtime and two in the evening instead of two at lunchtime and three in the evening, nothing drastic! I still fret, because I know that if I get anywhere close to my goal then I'll have had to cut down much much more than that, and I sort of don't want to. But baby steps.

And good luck too with burning 300 cals in 30 minutes. I can't do that! Dance mat is the most burny thing I do, and about 260 cals/30 mins is my limit.

Skinnyjeans -- could you cut down on the smoking rather than giving up completely? Small! Wow.

Naceto -- I think everybody farts! But some have it worse than others, especially with a good, healthy, fibre-rich diet. I did have a friend who swore by something called 'bean-o' that you add to any dish with beans in it. Let me know how the enzymes go.

Shannon -- well done for being back and getting back on the wagon. 15lb isn't that much really. Much better to come back now rather than leave it till it all went back on.

Doug -- interested to hear how 'Eat More' is going for you. I'm fascinated by it.

Friday Fitness -- and September Goal -- I'm trying to get my daily steps average over 10k. It's currently at 9600 according to my Striiv. It might take me a few weeks to do that, though I'll have big walking days tomorrow and Tuesday, as we've got Paralympic tickets for those two days and the Olympic park is *enormous*. The other times I've been were over 20k steps both times.

Friday fitness. I won't be at my bfs house until sunday so that gives me time to work out on the treadmill and bike tonight and tomorrow night. I will be at the beach on sunday with my sister (yay bathing suit....) til my bf gets off work so i will be swimming or rather wading in the water or laying out tanning so that should be fun plus its time with my sister. She doesn't know it yet but we will be leaving the house at like 8 am or earlier to go to the beach because the seawall get packed after 9 am.

Wishing everyone a great FRIDAY!
~Lana

I have to tell you guys something. I am really proud of myself for not giving in today. I was fine, having an okay day I was just tired from not enough sleep but, when I got home something had happened (nothing major or life threatening) and I was so PO'd that I broke down and was balling hysterically on my bedroom floor. While I was still in my room my step-mom called and invited me next door for dinner. Well I finally go and I was still mad and she asked me what was wrong so I told them the jyst of it and she offered me cookies. The fix it food. But I was just like, no. Honestly I didn't even want cookies. So I'm proud of myself of not going there and sabotaging myself more than I already had today. I had 2 sodas and a candy today and even though I was still under I was not going to give in to the depression munchies.

That was awesome, not eating those cookies!

Christine

That is awesome! Walking is free and effective or if you can afford an elliptical it is easier on the knees and available when you can't get out of the house. Keep the commitment and motivation going:flowerforyou:

I made my yumtastic chicken salad last night here is for a small batch that serves 3:
Calories: 233
Carbs: 5
Fat: 22
Protein: 6
Sodium: 318
Sugar: 4

For a small batch:4 oz boiled shredded chicken (I used thighs because they are cheap), 4, oz cream cheese, 2Tbsp mayo, 1Tbsp Dijon mustard, 1/4cup finely chopped green bell pepper, 1/4cup finely chopped white onion (or any onion), 3Tbsp shredded or finely chopped carrots. Add pepper not salt.

To make it healthier use light cream cheese, light mayo or greek yogurt instead of reg mayo, and lean white chicken meat.

Bake or boil chicken and shred or finely chop. Mix softened cream cheese with mayo (light or greek yogurt) and dijon mustard and if desired pepper, until it is completely mixed and somewhat light and fluffly. Finely chop veggies. When chicken is cool mix in cream cheese mix one spoon full at a time (you might not need or want it all) until it is mixed well together. Then mix in veggies.
You can but in on bread, in a pita, on a wrap or tortilla, or in cabbage!

If you dont want to mix in the sauce stuff then just spread some on what ever you are putting it on.

Sounds yunny, going to try!