Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Congrats to all the losers so far this week – you’re doing great!

@Morgori~Yep that is Denali, I was there in August – absolutely gorgeous!!! I forgot that was “Ducky” in Man from U.N.C.L.E., hardly recognized him.

I guess my big shows are Big Bang Theory, The Biggest Loser, Bones, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Rizzoli & Isles, and Royal Pains. I DVR everything and watch on the weekends though, usually too busy during the week to sit down and watch anything. That, and I find it hard to sit still for very long. I guess my guilty pleasure is Food Network – right now loving Halloween Wars, but love to watch Cupcake Wars and Chopped! :bigsmile:

Thursday Truth:
Still dealing with Ms. Inner Brat.
She still REALLY wants toy food and goodies.
Argh.

Late posting as usual.

Wednesday Wish: My wish goes out to everyone not feeling good, hurting, feeling bummed or discouraged. I hope you all get to feeling better soon! You're all doing really well and you should commend yourself for everything you've done so far. I look up to you guys.

Thursday Truth: My dad's and brother's birthdays are coming up this weekend. The 14th and 15th to be exact and I'm really nervous. Cake and ice cream is usually the norm and it makes me a tad unnerved. I've been doing pretty good for the past while but I'm worried this might derail my weekend.

Okay, I admit to watching "The Big Bang Theory" as well.........

Confession is good for the soul.

Lin

Hi everyone!

As far as TV shows--I also watch way too much and most of it is trash. I tend to DVR and watch late at night while I'm falling asleep--my insomnia won't let me sleep without TV or a book. In addition to Criminal Minds, I also love NCIS, but I tend to watch both of those shows as reruns on cable, so I'm probably way behind in the storyline. Shows that I actually DVR and watch current episodes include Supernatural, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Burn Notice, Survivor, Amazing Race, Biggest Loser, Top Chef, Hell's Kitchen, Law & Order: SVU, and Jeopardy. I'm quite certain there are many more, but can't think of them right now.

@holly--I also love Walking Dead and can't wait 'til the new season starts on Sunday!!! I missed the premier of American Horror Story and I have this weird thing where I can't watch a show unless I see it from the very beginning.

@lin--good luck with the kale chips. I really liked them when I made some over the summer, but I found they don't "keep" well. I made a big batch and the ones I stored away for later lost their crispness and became very chewy and spongy. :ohwell:

Thursday Truth:
Guess I'll weigh-in on the body image discussion (no pun intended :laugh: ). I've never been thin--my smallest size is right where I am now 14 (although I've weighed less as an adult)--so it's hard for me to picture myself smaller. At the same time, when I was my heaviest (close to 250) I didn't see myself as that heavy either. I would see a picture of myself and think "ack! that's how I look?!?" and then I would rationalize that I didn't *really* look that bad b/c the camera adds 10 lbs. I now know that, yes, I really did look like that and it wasn't good.

One thing that's strange to me is that right now I think my body image is accurate, but other people keep telling me how "tiny" I look. Sometimes they qualify it by saying "that pair of jeans" or "that outfit makes you look tiny." But mostly it's just "you're so tiny now." Even today, I went down to the faculty cafeteria to get some soup (I didn't bring enough food). The lunch lady said, "I almost didn't recognize you; you've gotten so thin." It makes me think I must have really looked like a cow before and they are just speaking relatively. In reality, I am NOT "tiny" or "so thin"--as I said, I'm a size 14 and weigh 192 lbs (on a "light" day). I know I look better than I did before, but I'm still not at an ideal weight--not even out of the obese category of BMI (but I'm less than 1 lb away!!! :noway: ).

Christine, you should do stretches early in your workout, but please warm up first or you can injure yourself. For example, if you walk for 20 minutes, after a warm-up stroll of 3-5 minutes, stop and do some simple stretches for a couple of minutes. (Don't do anything extreme like touching your toes! Keep those knees flexed.) Then resume your walk, getting up to your preferred speed. Shortly before you end your walk, do a brief "cool down" for a couple of minutes (stroll), then repeat the stretches you did earlier while your muscles are still "warm." If you need ideas for stretches, let me know or ask others on this site.

Oh, Christine--Congrats on your fabulous loss!!!! Very happy for you.

I'm going to throw in my 2 cents about TV. Most of it is trash (just my biased opinion), but there are a few shows I enjoy. I, too, love Revenge, also Person of Interest, Masterpiece Theater, Jeopardy, and HGTV. Used to watch The Good Wife, Army Wives, the Kathy Bates (?) series, and Drop Dead Diva, but something seems different about them now. My grandchildren can only look at Disney (I like to watch with them) and some cooking shows and they got me interested in Cupcake Wars and that show where the chefs get a basket of seemingly unrelated ingredients and must create a palatable dish. I'd rather read than sleep, but when I run out of material I'll deign to watch oldies like Wind at My Back, The Waltons and that genre. If I'm around to watch daytime TV (rare), I like Marie Osmond's new show and this new one on Hallmark, don't know the name yet, that replaced Martha Stewart (miss you, Martha!)--ummm, the female host is Paige from HGTV. Huh. I think I AM watching too much TV.

PS. I watch Breaking Amish. It's addicting.

One thing that's strange to me is that right now I think my body image is accurate, but other people keep telling me how "tiny" I look. Sometimes they qualify it by saying "that pair of jeans" or "that outfit makes you look tiny." But mostly it's just "you're so tiny now." Even today, I went down to the faculty cafeteria to get some soup (I didn't bring enough food). The lunch lady said, "I almost didn't recognize you; you've gotten so thin." It makes me think I must have really looked like a cow before and they are just speaking relatively. In reality, I am NOT "tiny" or "so thin"--as I said, I'm a size 14 and weigh 192 lbs (on a "light" day). I know I look better than I did before, but I'm still not at an ideal weight--not even out of the obese category of BMI (but I'm less than 1 lb away!!! :noway: ).

Karen~People started to notice after I had lost about 75#; they asked me if I had weight loss surgery or if I was sick and that's what caused the loss. No one knew how hard I worked to get it off, it really annoyed me! :grumble:

Dancing with the Stars.

I saw that show once but I was unimpressed with the dancing. I used to be a big time dancer. And I really liked So You Think You Can Dance for about like five or six seasons. And then the judges just completely, flamingly, cheesed me off, and that's it. The show lost me.

Hello Everyone,

Thank you all for your well wishes! I am feeling better today not sure what it was but thank goodness it only lasted 24 hours. Went to work ate but still not my normal hungier but I did push to eat. But I am exhuasted hoping to go to bed early.

@Robin hope this will work for you and will get feeling better.
@pampered Congrats on the loss!!
@Lin how is the Kale chips coming?
@Karen --people are starting to notice now with me.
@MyMowMow--Glad to hear that your cat is going to be ok.
@Christine Congrats on loss
@Gertie Happy Birthday

ok as I was reading everyone's posts kept going i watch that ant that. I watch too much tv.

Besides NCIS both In the Middle, I like Big Bang, Burn Notice, The Daily Show, HGTV lot income property , property brothers, favorites,

Body imagine its hard for me to picture myself thin maybe cause I can only recall as a child being thin so that will be new. I try never to look in a fulll length mirror. Cause I still buy pants without zippers etc in them.

Wishing everyone a good evening.

Liz

@Kris & Karen~I'm afraid Shemar Moore is already spoken for!!! :laugh:

I have photos of my man Shemar on Pinterest! lol

Thanks for all the support on the cupcake and also my out to dinner choices. I ate that cupcake today and it was sooooo good, I even stayed under my calories for the day by a hair! :drinker:

@ Robin- I hope the Prednisone will work fast for you. Did you ever take it before? Just a heads up, it could make you very hungry and cranky. I have been on it to many times to count and some times it just not pretty, but it does work wonders.

My picks for T.V.
Hawaii five o
Ghost hunters
Criminal minds
Revenge
So you think you can dance. (My daughter dances in company, and competes from NY to FLA.)

Thursday truth- I don't think I would be doing so well if it wasn't for all of the support I get here.

Thursday Truth: It's good to be back. While I thoroughly enjoyed my old co-workers being in town, I'm kind of glad to get back to normalcy too. I logged every day, but just didn't have time to check in. I've hit a bit of a plateau, but I'm not too worried. I just got my 70 days in a row tracking e-mail so that's good. I'm keeping my calories under control (for the most part). I'll just keep doing what I'm doing. Atlanta house is under contract (WOO HOO!!) Closing is set for 10/30. I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly. So far everything has been handled and we're getting closer and closer. It will be awesome not to pay mortgage AND rent in November. Thank goodness!!

I dont either!!! Do you do it at the top of your stomach or at the navel or both for two different measurements?

Good Morning.

I’m SO glad it’s Friday, been kind of a crazy week.

I don’t understand Pinterest – I was on there for a while, but guess I didn’t get it and eventually cancelled my account and deleted the app from my phone.

@Andrea~So glad to hear your husband’s surgery went well; sorry to hear about his brother. What an emotional time for your family.

@Susan, Glad to see you back and glad you enjoyed your friends. I hope closing on the ATL house goes smoothly! You may not necessarily be on a plateau, but you’re body is holding onto some excess water, etc. from when your friends were here – you will start losing again.

Friday Fitness~Its been an okay week fitness wise, not as well as I normally do so need to step it up. Had a personal training session last night, instead of doing weights we ran outside in the heat and humidity (yep, still warm here). It wouldn’t have been so bad except that it was really humid – really wish it would cool down, I’d like to turn off my a/c!

Monday~Cross Trainer DONE!
Tuesday~C25K DONE!
Wednesday~Recovery (catch up on housework actually) DONE!
Thursday~Training (ran outside) DONE!
Friday~Elliptical
Saturday~Not sure yet, depends on weather
Sunday~Training

Okay, back to this never ending project on my desk!

Happy Happy Friday!!

I am still getting caught up on home work and I have a midterm this weekend.
I hope to get a couple of walks in outside this weekend.