Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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tuesday goals!
i NEEED to go for a run tonight when i get home. no matter how tired i am its happening. and im going to do m:happy: y homework too.0 -
Good morning friends. I hope everyone is having a great day. I was a little worried I might be getting sick when I first woke up but it was just allergies kicking up. I am just putzing aroun the house today doing some picking up and cooking. My husband and I are taking dinner and desert over to a friends house this evening. We are going to have dinner and play cards it should be a good night. My goal for this week is to get my eating totally back on track instead of skating the line like I have been doing since getting back from vacation.0
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Hi everybody,
Well I set my goal for my friends wedding amd I'm hitting the exercise hard beginning today. 60 minutes 6x a week. I'm keeping the intensity fairly low to start with and then building it up over time. My goal is to lose 2 pounds this week and I think I'd doing fairly well so far on reaching that goal.
I had my PT and spinning class yesterday and boy did tha take a ton out of me. I am really battling to stay awake and I am super sore.
I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!0 -
Hi I'm new here, just signed up for MFP today. I found this thread & hope I can join in. I need all the motivation & support I can get!
I am working to lose 130 pounds. I've actually lost 5 lbs this month (before finding this website). I believe I may be insulin-resistant. Although not testing diabetic, my blood sugar is in the high normal range. And I have the classic signs of insulin resistance--apple shape (definitely have put on the last 50 lbs in my stomach/waist as much as anywhere else), a lot of fatigue, addiction to sugar. I also find that just counting calories does not work for me. I've never had much success with Weight Watchers programs. I love carbs more than anything but I do not want to develop Type II diabetes. I am trying the way of eating describe in the Insulin Resistance Diet book right now. I can't do Atkins, too miserable for me.
I am also trying to conceive. I'm 42 and waited too long for this, thanks to an unhappy 9 years in a bad relationship during my thirties. The odds of having a baby without IVF at my age are not looking very promising. So I'd like to shed as much weight as I can before next summer, when I plan to do IVF if I am unable to get pregnant before then. The fertility clinics I'm considering all want a BMI under 35 for IVF. My BMI is at 43.8 right now, yikes!
On Tuesdays it appears you write about goals. So my first mini goal is to get my BMI under 40, so I'm just obese instead of morbidly obese.
I'm also trying to be more active & do some cardio each day. I'm not always successful in getting it in everyday due to my work schedule & long commute. But I feel so much better after a work out.
Anyway, I hope I'm following the rules of your forum correctly. Am looking for new friends to be weight loss buddies here!0 -
kittyx2 - welcome and your "following the rules" just fine ....they are just guidelines. You can post anytime you feel like it about anything -
Sounds like you have a good foundation for losing weight - welcome to our mutual journey! :flowerforyou:0 -
Welcome Kitty - You've joined at just the right time. ONe of our October 'challenges' is to be more mindful of our carb intake. I was diagnosed Type II in March when I had my stroke. I scored REALLY high and in 7 months of keeping my meals below 35 carbs (for the entire meal) and my total carbs for the day below 135 (ok, sometimes I skim up to the 140s with the occasional 160) I've been told I don't need the diabetes meds any longer and my last two A1Cs were within the normal range.
I find anything really above 135 and I start to hunger for more carbs. If I stay below that it's manageable and I don't get the cravings I did before.0 -
So much for being regular on here again...But life tends to suck sometimes, and it happens. On the up side, I got to cheer on my hubby and daughter on their very first 5k Sunday morning. I'm so proud of them. Not the time he wanted, but way better than I could do, and better than either of us were doing a 6 months ago! My daughter told him, "Next year I'm not waiting for you, I'll run on my own". lol She's 12 btw. Down side? My hubby's daily driver needs a new water pump, our normal mechanic is MIA, and everywhere wants 80-200 to fix it. Another up side, he has a friend from work who is coming over tonight to look at it, maybe even just fix it!
I ate like POOP this last weekend. Lets just say the worst part was a pkg of great value fudge sandwhich cookies that disapeared over 3 days, and no one else got any...:grumble: I never imagined that one weekend would have this big and effect on my body. I went to do my workout, and was just dragging. My tummy's been upset, I have NO energy...I'm retaining water like crazy, my arthritis is acting up, my foot hurt so bad I couldn't do my full cardio workout. Someone slap me next time I look at a cookie!
Ok, so goals...To get my rear end back on track, and feel better!0 -
Find new recipes for healthy easy to fix & store low cost foods (Trying to feed a household of teens on a minimal budget and eat the way I should)I'm looking at 3 separate slide shows from Eatingwell.com right now of cheap dinners. I've bookmarked 4 so far that I can't wait to try. Two of them are under 1.00 a serving. Can't get much cheaper than that. My restrictions are pretty tight as it has to be low carb, low cal, AND low sodium so you may find lots more than I did.
Thank you for the suggestion. I will have to take some time to look over the Eating Well website and find some good recipes.0 -
Monday Check-In:
Sorry about missing yesterday, I injured myself working out and was unable to function. I dislocated my hip while doing floor exercises and was stuck for about a half hour until the pain subsided. I managed to get to the couch and get my massager onto my hip. I did that until I could finally get mobility in my leg and then hobbled to the bedroom and crawled into bed. I managed to pop it back in around 3am this morning and finally got some relief.
I'm still sore, but not near what it was.
Tuesday Goals:
I had a few goals today, but none of which were accomplished. I REALLY need to get back to my workouts. I'm getting stressed out and my 10K is less than a month away. I am so freaked out that I won't be able to finish. I need to get motivated, but I'm not sure what to do.
Any tips or advice? Has anyone else hit a wall and found a way to get over it?
Hope you all had a great day. I'll check in again soon.
~ Jana0 -
Goal for Today: To practice gratitude for the blessings in my life. To continue to make efforts to improve my health
Our trip to NYC was delayed to Nov 4. I was disappointed and my granddaughter was so disappointed, I decided to take her to Orlando for 4 days. Got a good deal at the Military Resort and the weather should be nice. We still have the tickets to NYC but she probably will not be able to go at that time.
Since I have started the anti inflammatory eating plan, I have not been that hungry. Probably because you eat a lot of foods and two snacks per day. It keeps me from getting hungry.
I started preparing my meals in advance. That will help from a planning standpoint.
mymowmow - The goal that you and another had inspired me to go for my walk, even though I really did not want to. But I looked at what you accomplished and realized if I wanted to do the same, I would have to MOVE. Sounds like you have a plan for the candy. Glad to see your comments on carbs, as I have been wondering what was the best range.
nzencak - Those are tough goals. I think when I get back from vacation, I will ramp mine up a bit. Not to your level, but up some
Kittyx2 - Welcome aboard. You are following the rules of the forum and your goals are excellent
LAmaypie - Looks like you are beating yourself up enough for those choices. Let me just encourage you to continue on this journey, knowing there will be some slips and looking for ways to minimize the damage0 -
Hi I am Cathy, Kaye's daughter. She asked me to update this thread on her surgery. The surgery went well. She was very alert yesterday but was having more pain than she would have liked. The nursing staff was on it and I hope they were able to get her better regulated after I left. She said this afternoon they would have her up and moving some.
Thank you so much for the update on your mother. Glad she got through the surgery okay, and hope they get her pain under control quickly. Please let her know we are all thinking of her and wish her a speedy recovery! :flowerforyou:0 -
Hi everyone!. :grumble:
Yes, that is a cranky face b/c I'm in a grumpy mood tonight. Had a long day at work including a union meeting afterward.
Throughout the day, I kept getting messages from DH about the roofers. They were supposed to be here btwn 7-8 am; then they were running late and would be here by noon at the latest; then they showed up at 2 and took a half hour to back their trailer up our driveway; then DH left a message telling me I might need to "skip" my meeting to pick up the dog (we sent him to the vet for a bath = cheap babysitting to get him out from underfoot for the day); when I called him back to explain I couldn't miss the meeting b/c I was presenting, he agreed that he could pick up the dog (not sure why he thought he couldn't--it's not like he needed to be home while they did the roof).
Then when I got home I parked in our neighbors' driveway b/c the roofers were still there. DH made a big deal about it even though they love us and wouldn't care the least bit (they don't even live there--they moved to an assisted living facility). I told him I was planning to call them anyway and would make sure it was okay. Even after I did that, he was still stressing about it. He gets really stressed when he has to be "in charge" of anything. It's hard for me to be sympathetic; I'm always responsible for everything--welcome to my life.
@robin--that is really strange about your arms; I would get to the doctor.
@tina--that sounds like such a busy schedule, but I know you can do it if you pt your mind to it!
@jana--when I lose my mojo for exercise, I just make a point of carving out a day where my highest priority (if possible my ONLY priority) is to work out. That way I can't avoid it, and once I get back to it for one day, I usually feel so good afterward it's easier to go again and again.
I know I had more responses, but my rant cleared my brain of everything else I was going to say. Thanks for listening--at least I'm a little less cranky now.
Tuesday goals:
Exercise goals:
Mon--long run outside DONE
Tues--core + walk dog DONE (if I get home from meeting before it gets dark)
Wed--walk dog
Thurs--long run outside + core
Fri--walk dog
Sat--walk dog + gym
Sun--not sure yet (depends on grading)
I made my exercise plan kind of light for the week b/c I'm starting to stress about grading. It's starting to pile up, so I want to devote Wed. afternoon to grading vs. exercise.
Grading goals:
1. 7/22 AP essays
2. x/22 punctuation tests
3. x/22 2 paragraph responses
4. x/59 Thoreau essays
5. read section 2 of Montana 1948
6. 22/22 vocab quizzes DONE0 -
Hello
@Kaye-- Kathy thank you for the update Kaye is in my thoughts and prayers.
I am extremely tired tonight I did stop in to read all of the posts and will reply tomorrow. I am going to curl up with a good book and my blanket hot cup of tea now getting ready for bed.
Much blessings & good wishes to all,
Liz0 -
@kjeffries2 ~ What is the anti-inflammatory eating plan? Maybe you told us already and I missed it.
Tuesday goals: I'm loving the pool at the Fitness Center so plan to keep doing that every day. Went golfing today and still went to the pool this evening. Hubby thought walking/jogging in a pool with a current couldn't possibly do much, so I convinced him to go with me. He was amazed at how winded he got!
I need to get my butt in gear and start doing homework for a grad class I'm taking on-line. I need to complete four modules before the end of December, and I've completed two. I just can't seem to find the motivation. It's different than when I was getting my Master's. For those classes, I had deadlines throughout the semester that kept me on top of things. With this class, the only deadline is December 31, and I am procrastinating! Ugh!0 -
Sorta bump, bump, bump.
Glad to hear Aug & Kaye are recovering well. :flowerforyou: And Robin, your new "arm definition" reminds me of my own arm discovery. Despite getting the "flap, flap, flap" of old, non-elastic upper arm skin, I am slightly fixated on my newish, toned upper arms. I can see bi- and tri-ceps and find self checking them periodically to see if my newly discovered muscles are still there! :laugh:
Yesterday hubby had his 5th and hopefully final eye surgery since the end of May. Saw the Dr. today and he was pleased with outcome. Time will tell. Anxiety driven and had a chocolate crash tonight. Nuts!
Plantar/achilles fasciitis slightly better (thank you therapy, taping and gel inserts). I appreciate all the suggestions and support of a week ago.
Skinny, we all deserve a little rant now and then, and you always have a way of making us feel better about ourselves, so go ahead and vent. And I'm glad you mentioned some of our pals who are AWOL right now. I miss Helen, Doug and Mary's comments and hope they're still checking in, even if silent.
Welcome newbies and oldies. I've been checking in for more than a year and am having trouble making it over the 100 hurdle. It's a mind over matter thing, mostly. Your stories and comments continue to give me a boost when I'm down. Thanks.
Still doing the Halloween Challenge although I probably won't make 400,000 steps due to my right foot and fitbit failure (must remember to wear it ).12,099 steps today/238,912 to date/400,000 goal. If you "pledged" to the challenge but aren't posting because you may not meet your goal, do it anyway. At least you are trying!!! 0 -
Tuesday goals, I would like to get more walking in, this week. If my knee can handle it, then so can I.
@kittyx2- Welcome, and best of luck with all of your journeys. You found a great place to come and get support, I just had my 20th day here and I can truly say these fine people are the best! :flowerforyou:
@Kaye- Cathy thanks for the update, my mom had a knee replacement and she also was in a lot of pain, but she is glad she got it done. I will be praying for you. :flowerforyou:
@Robin- I would let the doctor take a look at your arm. How are you doing on the medicine they put you on?0 -
Tuesday Goal- to get back on the wagon, and stay on it!
Seriously folks, the reason I disappeared for so long has been shame in knowing that I'm failing again.
The arm is bursitis and tendonitis, and doc says I should wait for the elliptical. I've been getting leg cramps, so I've hesitated to use it (or anything else...) for just my legs. I'm caretaking for my uncle temporarily, and while he is staying with us, it's hard to keep on track. I feel like NOT getting the chips or sweets for him because of me is unfair to him, but then I can't resist it when it is in the house. (My husband has been on board with no chips or sweets. So long as we have bacon once a week, he'll put up with anything....)
But I'm back. At least I'm going to record my food intake rather than bury my head in the sand. If I remain aware, I most likely will at least stay within the VICINITY of the wagon...
OH, and some good news in my life.... I've been called in to sub a few times this year already! Maybe in that respect, this year will be better than last!0 -
(Hangs head) mea culpa
I have been very busy, fighting a long summer cold and bearly logging my meals let alone participating or supporting others. I will fess up that during vacation I put on 10 pounds (EEEK!) but I have gotten 8 of them off already, so my goal is to get back down to my lowest weight by the end of October.0 -
i ate all kinds of things outside of my anti-inflammation diet today. but it was the first time i've broken at all in two weeks. and i suffered for it. it will probably happen again, the diet is so very restrictive, but eventually i think it will sink in that it hurts when i don't do it :laugh:He gets really stressed when he has to be "in charge" of anything. It's hard for me to be sympathetic; I'm always responsible for everything--welcome to my life.
i'm sorry. that really sucks. i hate it when someone won't pull their own weight. even when it's only emotional. my husband and i have this weird unspoken arrangement that wouldn't work for everyone but we have assigned tasks. they're ours. they become invisible to the other person. even if there's a problem with that thing, say finances, finances are my husband's thing, even if there's a problem, i just don't worry about it. that's not my job to worry about that. so i just turn it off. i don't even think about it. and, for instance, house related things, like your roof issue, would be my job. my husband wouldn't even ask how that worked out. because he isn't going to worry about it. because i'm already handling the stressing for that. it's odd, i know :laugh: but it keeps us from being too tense worrying about everything.Seriously folks, the reason I disappeared for so long has been shame in knowing that I'm failing again.
The arm is bursitis and tendonitis, and doc says I should wait for the elliptical. I've been getting leg cramps, so I've hesitated to use it (or anything else...) for just my legs. I'm caretaking for my uncle temporarily, and while he is staying with us, it's hard to keep on track. I feel like NOT getting the chips or sweets for him because of me is unfair to him, but then I can't resist it when it is in the house. (My husband has been on board with no chips or sweets. So long as we have bacon once a week, he'll put up with anything....)
welcome back. so happy to see you again.(Hangs head) mea culpa
I have been very busy, fighting a long summer cold and bearly logging my meals let alone participating or supporting others. I will fess up that during vacation I put on 10 pounds (EEEK!) but I have gotten 8 of them off already, so my goal is to get back down to my lowest weight by the end of October.
welcome back to you too! only two pounds? you totally have this thing.0 -
Raven - doggone girl, sorry you're sick again, take care!
@Robin- honestly I think it's stress just dragging my immune system down at this point. I keep getting stressed between losing weight, family drama, not making enough at work etc... I think I need to find a way to unwind.
Wednesday wish: That I can find a way to unwind, release stress and just have fun for a day soon. No actual workouts... no cooking. No cleaning. Nothing strenuous... just fun.0 -
@robin -- your arms seem to have a mind of their own. hope they start cooperating soon.
@raven -- perhaps you could schedule a play-day?
@aug & kaye -- hope the recovery goes smoothly and quickly.
@kittyx2 -- welcome!
@everyone in school or teaching school or thinking about going to school -- sounds stressful! I hope you find balance.
Wednedsday Wish -- that my dogs would learn how to clean the house while I'm at work -- seems the least they could do -- and that my long list of errands would magically complete itself.
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So today I am starting the HCG diet. I weigh in in 1 hour. I have 145.2 pounds to lose, I am exactly double what I need to be right now. I choose to be happy about the fact that I am on the right path and not sad that I got to this point. I can see a light at the end of the tunnel.
I can't wait to feel great! What a Wednesday this is.0 -
Just had to share before I go to work. lost 3 pounds since her last weigh-in! Ohpampered1's lost 16 pounds so far. Wow MFP is really working for me, better than any diet I have been on! Have a good day everyone.0
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@ButterflyWood -- welcome back! And I'm going to try the turkey bacon wrapped eggs.
@Katrena -- I am fascinated by anti-inflammatory diets, so do keep updating us.
@aubeatle -- welcome! What I love about this group is that it's full of people who are going through, or have gone through, that sense of having to *keep at it* for a very long period of time. It's brilliant, because it counteracts all my family and friends who say 'but why would you want to eat healthily at a wedding/on holiday/at Christmas...'? Because it's part of a bigger pattern is why. I have stopped losing so fast ever since I started running a month ago. But I feel so much better for it; I sort of suspect that running does not in itself make weight loss any easier.
@Aug -- glad to have you back and it's good to hear the surgery went well.
@Christine -- when they put me on predisone I was bouncing off walls for a month. I couldn't have stayed on it long term!
@sewhoppy -- congrats on the scale!
@steffy -- well done for only gaining 2 pounds in 2 1/2 months away, that's very impressive.
@Skinnyjeans -- yes I must have got confused... I do that sometimes...
@Lauriek -- I'm looking forward to rock climbing when I'm 72!
@Cathy -- thanks for letting us know about your mom. Hope she's feeling brilliant soon.
@Kittyx2 -- welcome! BMI under 40 is my goal too; and I'm slowly getting there. 40.64 today!
@Jana -- oh, dislocating your hip sounds really scary! Hope you're feeling better today.
@Helena -- but 52 pounds is a brilliant success! Do keep logging, and focusing on what you've achieved already! It's really hard when you have someone staying with you; I feel ok about not getting in treats for my family (all of whom could stand to lose a few pounds, though my hubby has lost weight so fast on MFP he's going to need to switch to just fitness training soon), but it's much harder when it's someone else. You could see if there's something he adores and you could take or leave, or you could get him a box with a padlock on it.
@Angelika -- welcome back; well done for getting off almost all that vacation weight. 125lbs! that's awesome.
@QBMontana -- welcome!
@Ohpampered1 -- what a happy update! I'm glad to hear it's going so well for you.
I seem to be getting into a pattern where the day I run, I have loads of spare cals, and then the next day I am STARVING ALL DAY and have no energy to do any cardio. I think that's fine if I plan for it, but yesterday was a bit of a disaster; I'd planned to go to a new Zumba class just round the corner from me, and then when it came to it I sort of didn't fancy it and didn't do anything else either, thereby smashing my target into smithereens. Oh well.
Anyway, I had a lovely run this morning, in post-rain sunshine. I'm not really getting any faster, but today (W4D2) had a six minute continuous run in it and that was fine. I can run, very very slowly, for six minutes! That's amazing.
Have a fantastic Wednesday, everyone!
-- Alison0 -
Happy Hump Day!
@ohpampered~congrats on the loss this week, great job!
@Raven~I highly recommend exercise to combat stress.
Wednesday Wish~That today's chiropractic appointment doesn't leave me in as much pain tomorrow as I was in yesterday after Monday's appointment. I still got a great workout in yesterday (actually the only time I wasn't hurting, weird) but had to take vicodin last night in order to get to sleep. :frown:
This week's fitness:
Monday~Elliptical at home DONE!
Tuesday~Cross Trainer at gym DONE!
Wedesday~Recovery day (usually catch up around the house)
Thursday~Training
Friday~Not sure yet
Saturday~Elliptical & C25K at gym
Sunday~Training0 -
Good God do I hate my monthly visitor! I am so hungry this week and of course for all the wrong things! I also am incredibly tired and therefore, didn't get off my butt this weekend to plan my week so it has been chaos thus far. The scale has only gone up .2, but I really wanted to lose 2 pounds this week. Ugh!
My wish is that my crazy hunger would go away and I'd wake up refreshed each morning rather than just wanting to go back to bed. How does everyone else handle this time of the month? Does it make it as crazy as it does for me?
Also, if anyone can recommend a good cardio DVD I would be really grateful. Strictly cardio and no weights. I already lift weights three times a week, and I'm just looking for some intense cardio to balance that out. Walking the dog isn't enough for me.
Thanks everyone and have a great Wednesday!0 -
Good God do I hate my monthly visitor! I am so hungry this week and of course for all the wrong things! I also am incredibly tired and therefore, didn't get off my butt this weekend to plan my week so it has been chaos thus far. The scale has only gone up .2, but I really wanted to lose 2 pounds this week. Ugh!
My wish is that my crazy hunger would go away and I'd wake up refreshed each morning rather than just wanting to go back to bed. How does everyone else handle this time of the month? Does it make it as crazy as it does for me?
Also, if anyone can recommend a good cardio DVD I would be really grateful. Strictly cardio and no weights. I already lift weights three times a week, and I'm just looking for some intense cardio to balance that out. Walking the dog isn't enough for me.
Thanks everyone and have a great Wednesday!
Most of the DVDs out there - 30 Day Shred, P90X, or Insanity are going to involve some kind of resistance/weight training also but you might try looking for a Zumba DVD or something similar. Try looking on Amazon, at least there you can get an idea of how well people like them. If you have a Wii and Wii Fit there are a lot of active games that are fun and are good for a great burn - there are a couple of dance/Zumba games that are a lot of fun.0 -
Welcome back to those who have been out for awhile! Good to see you back!
Thank you, everyone for your kind words and support as far as my schooling goes! I wont feel better until I am signed up for classes! Which will hopefully be next week. And YES it is a very busy schedule and I am going to be swamped. But I want it and will achieve it. Just like this weight loss journey. I want it so I will achieve it.
Wednesday Wish:: My wish is for me to be able to get the student loans I need to be able to go to school!
Monday my weight was 227.8 this morning was 222.4! So at least I know that the gain was water weight from that one time of the month thing. And I'm just getting off of it so probably still have some water weight. Now to start really losing! Have been doing good with my food. Trying to work in exercise when I can. Once I start school I will be busy so that will help as far as being more active. Clinicals and such.
Have a WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY everyone!
Tina0 -
Good God do I hate my monthly visitor! I am so hungry this week and of course for all the wrong things! I also am incredibly tired and therefore, didn't get off my butt this weekend to plan my week so it has been chaos thus far. The scale has only gone up .2, but I really wanted to lose 2 pounds this week. Ugh!
My wish is that my crazy hunger would go away and I'd wake up refreshed each morning rather than just wanting to go back to bed. How does everyone else handle this time of the month? Does it make it as crazy as it does for me?
Also, if anyone can recommend a good cardio DVD I would be really grateful. Strictly cardio and no weights. I already lift weights three times a week, and I'm just looking for some intense cardio to balance that out. Walking the dog isn't enough for me.
Thanks everyone and have a great Wednesday!
Biggest Loser Cardio Max!!! I LOVE it! And one heck of a cardio work out!0
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