Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

In the spirit of our September Challenge to recommit, I give you the following quote:

“It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”.- Muhammad Ali.

Also, as they always say on the biggest loser, " Do the steps, trust the process, and you will see the results."

LOVE it!

Soooooo behind! First a few personals:

Robin, congrats on the good medical news!

MNwalkingqueen, congrats on the house!

Toots, did the blood work come back? Also, be aware that not every palpitation is A-fib. A-flutter looks different than a-fib but is very easy to see on an EKG, so that's not it, either. My husband has occasional "extra" beats (acronym is PVC, for Premature Ventricular Complex) that come and go. He doesn't notice them, but I do.

Vicki, hope the insurance company is speedy and helpful and that you and yours feel better.

Nicole, you seem almost giddy these days. Good for you, you deserve it!

Kris, congrats on reaching the 100 pound mark! Also, props on the stamina in the pool!!

Tina, glad you're back on the wagon.

Robin, I am totally in on the carb-counting and measuring challenge for October. I confess that I actually do better when the group has similar goals than when I'm just setting my own. And keeping my carbs down is a huge factor in keeping cravings under control.

Chris, glad you feel better, and great effort walking at the zoo! You'll appreciate this: had frozen custard yesterday. In Oregon! New place opened up about 25 minutes away. It was good, so I'm really glad it isn't closer!

My Monday check in is that I had a pretty crap week as far as food choices went. Over calories several days. Only green yesterday because I think that playing at a water park for 6 hours probably burned a few calories. Very few crowds this time of year (wonder what it'll be like in December? It's indoors....), so climbed 8 or so flights of stairs, carrying a 2-person inner tube, several times without having to pause much. Also did Zumba again today and it did not kick my butt as much as it did last week.

I am not confident that I'll make my goal of a size 16 gown for the NAMI benefit dinner I'm attending in 2 weeks. We'll see!

Okay, it's late and I'm sleepy. G'night, all!

Tuesday goal: Increase water to 8 glasses. I've only been getting 4-6. I think that will help me in my overall goal of losing as much as possible before surgery.

Tuesday Goal::: To focus this week on getting back at logging everything everyday and staying at or under my calorie goal daily.
Yesterday was a huge success and I even stayed under on my sodium!!!! That's a big thing for me!

Hopefully can catch up to everyone later, works been a bit hectic.

Have a terrific Tuesday!
Tina

Toots, did the blood work come back? Also, be aware that not every palpitation is A-fib. A-flutter looks different than a-fib but is very easy to see on an EKG, so that's not it, either. My husband has occasional "extra" beats (acronym is PVC, for Premature Ventricular Complex) that come and go. He doesn't notice them, but I do.

I haven't heard back. it will probably take a week or two. i think they are banking on something unusual just because of the sheer number. it's at least twice a day. sometimes as much as 20 or 30 times a day. they did a very involved EKG. i've had them before but not like that one. they even had sensors on my ankles. it was kind of crazy. anyway, yeah, i haven't heard back yet, so i guess we'll see.

Tue goal: Back to drinking water 8 cups a day and logging my food.

Tina - Great job jumping back on the wagon! Sodium is very hard for me too.
sunshine freckle's - Good luck on not jumping on that scale, maybe give it to a neighbor?
gigi - Great job on the C25K! That is great!

happy tuesday!
My goal for today: to continue the great progress I began to make yesterday.
I had a day where I felt absolutely satisfied, food-wise, and didn't realize I was below my allotments until I totaled everything up.
I'm beginning to understand how I need to eat in order to feel well satisfied and not like I want to BINGE BINGE BINGE.
I had a really bad bingefest over the weekend, and I am strongly NOT wanting to go there again!
Hugs to all ....

happy tuesday!
My goal for today: to continue the great progress I began to make yesterday.
I had a day where I felt absolutely satisfied, food-wise, and didn't realize I was below my allotments until I totaled everything up.
I'm beginning to understand how I need to eat in order to feel well satisfied and not like I want to BINGE BINGE BINGE.
I had a really bad bingefest over the weekend, and I am strongly NOT wanting to go there again!
Hugs to all ....

So know how you feel after my slip ups last week. Iam so motivated to not do that again!!!

Tuesday Goals: I'm doing pretty good so far this week. My headaches haven't been back since I've been taking in caffeine everyday. Granted (since I don't have honey right now) I've been drinking sodas again- HOWEVER the great thing is I'm only taking in one a day so I'm proud of myself.

My goals are to get back on track with dancing because for the past few days I've not done any. (Failing this challenge miserably at the moment) but I've been making up for it by doing other things. I'm hoping it pays off regardless.

Fitness goals: I want to do more dance each day and I want to get more strength training in throughout the week too.

Nonfitness related goals: I've been playing with this 3D program working on making random things. I want to get this program down so I can get into making more things. It's fun... but it's certainly not easy!

I have a question, I have a friend on MFP who is way, way, way low on calories to get skinny for a guy, several people have tried talking to her about what she is doing to her body. Would you unfriend her?