Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Tuesday goals - I need to stay on track this week and not let work stress get to me. I'm doing alot better where it comes to leaving work at work.

PS. How do I join this group?? I need a group where I can like.. stay on track?

You just did! We're not a group. Just a thread that keeps going and going and going.


When it comes close to the end of the thread someone (Robin) will let us know where to find the new thread and we'll continue there.

Welcome! Keep up the good work and sodium is my hardest as well. I almost always run out of sodium before I run out of calories. :grumble:

Hi guys! Just caught up and only have a few minutes to check-in--will do personal later.

Tuesday Goals:
Plan to go straight home to walk gunner, then I'm headed to starbucks to work on those grading goals. Will do core work in the evening while watching tv.

Mon--walk dog + gym (weight machines and stair master) DONE!!!
Tues--walk dog + core work
Wed--long run w/dog
Thurs--walk dog + core work
Fri--walk dog
Sat--walk dog + gym (weight machines and speed intervals on treadmill)
Sun--walk dog + gym (stair master and stationary bike)

Grading goals:
1. 22/22 writing reflections DONE!!!
2. 22/22 vocab quizzes DONE!!!
3. x/58 F451 short answer tests
4. x/22 parts of speech post tests
5. 14/49 AP essays
6. finish re-reading The Awakening (um, by tomorrow!)

My focus will be 3, 4, and 6.

Morgori - you bring out the hedonist in me. :noway: I want some whiskey and I want some shepherds pie, and I want it now!

Me too! I still want some bad.
I can go tonight, but it is Girl Scout bridging night at my house whatever that is.:huh: So I could go to the Pub for Cottage or Shepherd's pie or Bangers and Mash! Since I would be driving I could not get Whiskey though. I will have to wait for MsMorgori to have a free night so I can have a designated driver. I will not drive after drinking.:drinker:

RobbinsEgg- I hope you are feeling better each day.:flowerforyou:

Hi all, I am sick, sick, sick. My diverticulitis is rearing it's ugly head and I am in pain, running temp, head ache, aching all over and just miserable. Have been sleeping a lot, missed walking Belle which she was not happy about at all and doubt I will be able to walk her tonight. Waiting on call back from doc. Enough of my whining! I was able to have a first in a long time yesterday before I got sick. I walked all through Wal-Mart rather then ride a cart and then walked through Aldi's too. I was proud of myself as I haven't been able to do in at least 2 or 3 years. My food has been crazy today, missed breakfast, which I never do unless fasting, ate half of a baked sweet potato without butter and 6 oz of baked chicken at 2:30 and 5 chocolate, hazelnut wafers from Aldi's. I really crave chocolate when I don't feel good.

Welcome newbies, I usually am more encouraging than this but welcome and come back often for support and motivation. Wishing all those stressed out that calm may be restored to your lives, praying for those in pain and cheering for those with victories both NSV and SV. That reminds me last night I actually wore a pair of pants which were 2 sizes smaller then when I first started. Yipeeeee!

Monday check in: I am the exact same weight I started this year with. 9 months and all I did was yo-yo 5 lbs.

Ushkii - are you going to be bummed or at least be proud of the fact that for 9 months you were living basically in maintenance mode. You didn't gain or lose weight. And if you hadn't been paying attention, where would you have been in 9 months? Heck, you could have gained 25 pounds or something awful.

So, I'm going to give you a little shove. Take the time and go to your reports and look at your food and calorie reports for the last 9 months and see what you can learn. Take your calorie intake down by 200 or more calories a day, but more importantly, get your carbohydrates down to below 200 gms a day, and work toward 150 g a day. That's the sweet spot for losing weight - 150 gs a day. And start exercising regularly, and recording it, and logging in here daily.

I want to see you more often, Ushkii!:drinker:

Thanks! You are right I gained for years. I am not going up which is great. I had lost last year and was all ready to continue but seem to have stalled. Well this is a great group and I needed your push.

Tuesday Goals:

So I'm watching Dr. Oz and he is talking about Metabolism types. I am Type C. (I have an unpredictable appetite, I crave sweets and salty snacks, and I can tend to be anxious and nervous.) It is pretty interesting to know I have a "type". I'm curious to see what he recommends as his "diet" advice and see how it correlates to how I'm eating now. Should be interesting to say the least.

As of this morning, I am down 25lbs by my recording. According to MFP, I'm only down 22lbs but that is because I was so embarrased by my starting weight, I rounded it down to the lowest 10th. LOL! Now I wish I had left it so I could actually see the results!

My mom informed me that she bought a treadmill and that she and my dad have set a goal to run a 5k with me next year at some point. I'm pretty excited about it because they are FINALLY active! My mom has set a goal to outrun me...So I know I need to start training to work on my speed.

I've been begging them to get on MFP with me, but my mom said it is just too hard to work and my dad is trying to use it, but he's new to it and without me there to show him, it's a struggle. I'm hoping they get on board, but regardless of if they do or don't, I'm very proud of them.

I'm feeling much better today, so one of my goals is to attempt to eat something a little heavier for supper and then try to go do my jog at the gym. However, if I start feeling bad I will stop and just take it easy. I can always do it tomorrow. I'm only thrown off 2 days, so I know I can make it up as I need to. I can always do 2 runs a day if need be.

The rest of my goals for the week are to get my grades finished, lose another pound, and get in my runs. I know I can do it and I need to get on it.

I hope everyone has had a GREAT day! I'll try to do personals later.

~ Jana

I hope you have room for a newbie here. I'm fairly new MFP, but played around with it a little before I finally committed to giving this a go.
I am 36, live in St. Louis (Go Cards!), am married to my best friend, Brain, and we have two babies - ages 10 & 8.
I have been overweight most of my life, and can remember back to joining weight watchers with a friend when I was just 12! That was just the beginning of a long list of crazy diets I have done, from pills to drops, all meat, no meat, etc. and I think I have just come to the realization that I might actually be abe to do this without some wackadoo weight loss gimick!

Ultimately, I would love to lose about 150-170 lbs., but right now, I'm shooting for the first 20. I each day that I can stay on track makes me feel stronger - physically and mentally. In all honesty, after my last fad diet (hCG drops) I feel so liberated to be able to eat anything I want, as long as I account for it and can stay within my numbers. Nothing like a rediculously restrictive diet to make you feel like a Lean Cuisine is a gourmet meal. LOL

Thanks for listening.
Tracy

Monday check-in: I'm getting frustrated with myself. I go to the store and out places and every time I do so, I want to cave in and get all the stuff I know I shouldn't be getting. Some stuff I don't have much choice because my husband is a picky eater, and I love cooking and all, but I don't want to cook two separate meals for us throughout the day. There's no sense in that. I didn't get to exercise today, so I feel even more horrible about the food choices I've made.

Tuesday goal - getting solidly back on track. Last night was on the way (huge, yummy homemade chicken 'taco' salad, tonight, homemade fish 'tacos'

going to let myself have one tortilla...

@liz--thanks! I've been really trying to keep up with the grading but also balance it with "me" time.

@megan--I would say it's your DH who doesn't have much choice if you are the one doing the cooking (well, I guess he could choose not to eat).

@jana--if you want to, you can go back and change your starting weight. Click on "check-in" and then click "edit previous entries."

@tracy--welcome! I know what you mean about really restrictive diets putting things in perspective. Before I started tracking calories, I did the Master Cleanse for 3 days--not b/c I thought of it as any "magical" weight loss plan, but just as a test of will power. I figured if I could live on "lemonade" for 3 days, 1200-1400 calories a day would feel like utter indulgence. Oh, and as for lean cuisines--I like to keep bags of broccoli, asparagus, green beans, etc. in the freezer and add a cup of whatever works to the meal. It makes it much more filling without adding a lot of calories (plus, I feel like there's always a lot of extra sauce in those meals).

@sunshine--yeah, I've been advocating for a rigorous application process, but no one wants to be on the admissions committee...

@christine--sorry you are sick! :flowerforyou:

@everyone I missed--catch you on the next round!

Tuesday Goals:
Well I got through those F451 short answer tests and half of the novel (I feel like I always re-read the 1st half of every novel--I'm starting to forget how they all end! :laugh: ). Didn't get to the parts of speech tests, but 3 of my 5 classes are testing or watching a movie in class tomorrow so I hope to get a lot of grading done during those periods (as well as my prep, lunch, and supervision).

Grading goals:
1. 22/22 writing reflections DONE!!!
2. 22/22 vocab quizzes DONE!!!
3. 58/58 F451 short answer tests DONE!!!
4. x/22 parts of speech post tests
5. 14/49 AP essays
6. finish re-reading The Awakening (um, by tomorrow!) got through more than half

I already know it, so I'm gonna go ahead and post my...

Wednesday Wish:
To be super-productive throughout the day so I have time to go on my long run after work.

@Toots I am glad you went to the doctor

Well I haven't gone yet. but I did make an appointment.

@Toots - I hope everything goes well at the doctors and they find the cause

I hope so too. I'm only seeing a nurse so I'm not sure what she can do, but that was the only person I could get in to see.

@Toots~I’m very glad you called the doctor, I hope they can see you sometime today. My Dad has A-Fib (dx in his 60s) and has had a lot of issues and procedures/sx over the years to help keep it under control. My doctor is so fixated since it can be hereditary that she runs EKGs on me twice a year and sends me for a stress test every 2-3 years.

well, they can't see me until Friday. But it's soon. It's probably good of your doctor anyway, at least some heart problem will never sneak up on you.

@Toots -- get your heart checked out! It's probably nothing serious, but your docs want to check it over and they're right. Do please make the appointment.

yes, i'm hoping it will be just like last time where they tell me it's nothing. but i'm pretty sure this time it's something.

@Toots - heart stuff is no joke get it looked at pronto.

aug

and you would know.

Toots: Sorry about that flutter. Hope you hear from your Dr. soon. BTW, a-fib can be controlled for many years with the right meds. Eventually though the meds cease to be effective. That's about where I am now.

Coincidentally I had to leave the gym today after only 15 minutes due to my a-fib acting up. When it kicks in (that stupid flutter), I get breathless and tired, and so while on the arc trainer I simply could not move fast enough, I got clammy, and more than a little shakey. This is the first time I had to leave the gym without completing a workout in17 months! Went to the Dr.'s office for an ekg and the nurse verified I was in a-fib, but Dr. was in surgery and couldn't see me then. His office called back and said he wants to discuss options with me later this week. What that means is an ablation, which I've been fighting all year. Now that I'm back in sinus rhythm (a few hours later), I don't want to talk to him. His arguments make sense, but I am a BIG CHICKEN! :noway:

I'll pray for you. Please do the same for me.

Oh, having a-fib does not mean you will have a heart attack. It's an "electrical problem." I've had many cardiac diagnostic tests, and none indicate any heart disease whatsoever. The stroke factor has to do with blood pooling in one of your chambers and clotting. I take warfarin (blood thinner) to prevent those clots. One benefit of the ablation would be the elimination of that clotting risk and the Rx, which needs to be managed carefully.

Halloween challenge: 7,168 steps today, 59,304 steps so far out of 400,000.

yikes. i will pray for you. i wouldn't want to do that either. i think the fact every man in my family has had open heart surgery just wigs the crap out of me. but yeah, denying will not make it go away, alas. and yeah, the flutter is stupid. and i always freak out every time and it isn't because i'm actually scared. it's doing something to me like maybe an adrenaline rush or something. i also always feel like i can't breathe even though i know i can, since i'm sitting there breathing and everything.

oh haha i do have to tell this story. when i got a call back from the receptionist at the doctors office today she asked what i needed to be seen for. i said that i had an a-fib and i needed to get in.

then she asked me if i was going to need a pelvic exam for that.

O.o

i said, 'not unless it's changed a LOT since the last time i had my heart looked at.' :laugh:

your first clue that your receptionist is not a medical professional...

Quick hop in. My goal for the day was to get back on the Zumba train. Which I did, after a few months of just doing either strength exercises or no exercise. And the "easy" Zumba DVD kicked my derriere, I tell ya what. I am out of shape! So now I plan to start over with the strength training and do that 2x a week and Zumba 2x a week, at minimum. Also need to get calorie consumption down to target!

TracySTL, welcome and Go Cards! I lived in STL for five years (2001-2006). Hard not to be a Cards fan. I still miss the MUNY and the zoo and the City Museum. And my great little brick house. They build with timber and siding in Oregon. So the old houses look much more decrepit.

Hugs to all! And to the folks who popped in (Robyn, Garrett, etc): please come back more often!