Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hello everyone and welcome newlings!

@Tom -- if you're craving stuff, it's worth trying to get some of it into your plan. How about a steak and a baked potato? A spoonful of sour cream on the baked potato instead of butter, chives, masses of mushrooms (quickly stir fry them in a little oil), a huge salad -- fits easily into your week and will be a lot cheaper than the huge restaurant portions. I do think that lots of cravings are your body saying 'I need a particular nutrient and I know that food x will provide it'.

@GrandmaKaye -- It's hard to exercise if you can't walk easily, but I do have a cardio boxing game, and although it's got footwork I'm sure it would be possible to just do the arms and get a workout that way. You can do dumbbell work sitting down too. Good luck! I think 1200 cals is really hard, particularly if your family is around eating ordinary sized meals.

@Christine -- hope you're feeling better soon.

@TracySTL -- one of the quotes I like is 'I can't imagine losing 100 pounds... but I can lose ten pounds... and I can do that ten times'. That's the plan.

@Jana -- you can adjust your starting weight in settings. I had to do that because I first joined MFP a year or so ago but then gained weight before I actually hunkered down and started keeping to a plan.

@Kris -- there are plenty of nice chaps out there I think! It's just finding one.

@Toots -- don't you just love doctor's receptionists?

@Sara -- I'm *definitely* going to get Zumba for the Wii the next time I think 'huh, I don't fancy exercising today, all my exercise games are boring'. And nearly all houses are brick in the UK; this house is 111 years old which is just a bit above average for this neighbourhood. My friends from the Bay Area get very nervous.

Wednesday Wish -- actually get a bit of stuff done today! I'm being unbelievably unproductive this week and I cannot think why. You know you're in trouble when you think back on your achievements for the day and go, well, I cooked dinner and hung the washing out...

-- Alison

Hi Everyone! Happy Hump Day :flowerforyou:

Yes, I have been missing in action for a week or so. My classes this semester have me underwater and I don't do well with group projects because I don't like relying on others which is making one class super hard because it just one huge group project.

My Wed Wish is that my new basement would come with gym equipment.

****Update****
As of 9/24/12 9am I will be a home owner! This is my very first home and thought it could never happen as single mom but GOD has blessed me for all my hard work.
Life with adding my boyfriends kids has been real stressful too. His 12yr old is a mini version of my 16yr old which is real challenging but it's working.

Wednesday Wish: I wish that there were more hours in the day so I could get more done. I also wish that my weekly late afternoon meeting gets cancelled so I'm not getting home at 7:30 and I'll have enough energy to exercise tonight.

Wednesday Wishes:
That I can maintain my food plan in sanity today.
That I can catch up on all my backlog by the end of the month.
That I can start carving out time to exercise.
And ... that my cleaner food plan results in sustained weight loss.

Wednesday wish: that everyone's wish could indeed come true.

If I have any cravings, let it be for exercise.

Lin

Weds. Wish = That I was "normal" again, that I wasn't taking pain pills, that it was tomorrow AFTER my doc appointments, that I was suddenly all healed up, and I could start swimming again.

And.....that Toots appointment goes well!

aww thanks. that's sweet.

Wed Wish: That I would stop losing/gaining the SAME weight over & over again:noway: ....Wish that I could get "this" under control..:sad:
Be Healthy, Be Happy, Be Blessed
patty

dude, preach it. i keep doing the same thing too.

@Toots -- don't you just love doctor's receptionists?

-- Alison

right? at least she isn't seeing me, just checking me in :laugh:

Have any of you been messaged by "lightningcrash1981"? It looks like somebody trying to sell something. Not sure I trust them.

I promise I havent fallen off the face of the earth! My work schedule has just been all over, and with class, a lot of times I come to just read and not post.

My Wednesday Wish: More time! I feel like maybe 26 hours in the day would let me get everything done lol.

I updated my started weight to the highest I remember being (262 in March of last year) which makes me even happier because I can see I've actually lost almost 30lbs, and gives me motivation to keep on going, because if I had of stuck with it and not had to re-lose this 14 lbs I'm almost done with, I would be 14lbs lighter.

Wednesday Wish :flowerforyou:

That life would stop throwing me curve balls . . . :sad: