Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

i crafted a long personal response to a bunch of people, and then MFP dumped it all and told me that the site was down for maintenance. so instead...hey everyone.

Well, I really blew it overnight. I fell asleep in my recliner and awoke at 3 am, and proceeded to gobble down 2 bagels with cream cheese before I went back to bed. Talk about a fourth meal - of course, now I am full and I need to eat something with my morning pills :grumble: I'd love to just not count the calories, I'm going to be over today for sure!

I'm on a high dose of prednisone and I'm happy to say it is helping a great deal. I'm finally having pain free days! Halleluiah! Yesterday I did my own grocery shopping and had a very good day.....

Some days are just like that... going over occasionally happens (just ask me!), and I guess we all survive, right?
Sadly, I have to warn you that the high dose prednisone is going to do more to sabottage you than the bagels will. That's the unfortunate side effect (but it's mostly water weight, so you might be able to offset some with a parsley supplement).

@Butterfly - brava, girl! You're correct, that most folks don't understand that mental & emotional abuse is just as toxic as physical abuse.. Been there, done that, survived - but still hard somedays.

Well - off to the oncologist for my follow up... later everyone!

@Tina -- I bet you look cute in your family photos; everyone always hates their own photos, don't they? And what a brilliant SV!
@Katrena -- I get a bit angry at 1700 calorie main courses now. Sometimes I give part of my meal away to my hungry family, or some places I can share a meal with my husband, or eat just a starter. I haven't quite got the knack of leaving excess food on my plate, particularly if it's delicious!
@3smommy2008 -- welcome! When I started in June, I committed to 30 minutes cardio most days, but it wasn't running because I wasn't really fit enough then. Instead, I did brisk walks, Wii games, dance games and dance. I added in badminton after a few weeks, and then about a month ago I started one of the couch to 5k programs (the one I'm doing is an iPhone app called Ease into 5k). It's been great so far, and you can see I still have plenty to lose. So you can definitely be a runner! Just start with your workplace gym and walking. I'd recommend getting good shoes too. My other tip is that stopping by this group nearly every day has been fantastic for me; I only spend a few minutes a day and it keeps me focused.
@Toots & Kitty -- With my SV yesterday I am BMI 39.9! So I too have just sneaked into that 'obese' category! It feels fantastic, a real payoff for my first four months of my new lifestyle.
@Lin -- No, I have zero idea where Iowa is. Des Moines? Is that Iowa? I don't know if that's pronounced the French way even...
@Helena -- Just stick to the plan this week and log everything, and then you'll be happy to jump on the scale next week, right? You can do this thing; one bad week doesn't matter in a long journey like ours. Fingers crossed for the sub list!
@Susan -- It's working really well for me at home, where I do just eat the food I've always eaten, but in smaller portions and with better balance. But going out is hard! As Katrena said above, it's really difficult when you go to a restaurant and the main courses have as many calories as you should have for an entire day.
@Robin -- so glad you're having pain free days!
@ButterflyWood -- thanks for sharing, and I hope you can find the strength to put your memories of that abusive relationship well and truly behind you. I don't think the 'days' really matter here; they're just a prompt for if we can't think what to write; it's always good to share.
@Kris -- One dodgy weekend won't matter in the long run!
@Mommyplus3 -- good to see you. I don't think there are rules for slacking here.... Those goals sound good. I'd really like to lose another 12 pounds by Christmas because that would put me in a "Winter ONEderland!". But it's a bit of a stretch.

We had a bit of a shock this morning; part of the lath and plaster ceiling in our dining room (kitchen/diner) had fallen in overnight! So McD's for breakfast while we worked out what to do, and several tense calls to the insurance company. They were suggesting not sending anyone to assess the damage until late next week, but we were worried that more of the plaster might fall down. Eventually we got a chap in, who's going to fix it tomorrow (with plasterboard, not lath & plaster), and it's not going to cost *that* much to sort out; we may not put it through the insurance. But he confirmed that it is still unsafe and we couldn't have just left it, which is what I thought. So lots of cleanup today, but the kitchen's usable now, and I did get out for my run. That's W5D2 -- if this were actually C25k, I'd be doing the 20 minute run next! As it is, that's next week, but I do have a 9 minute run on Thursday.

Anyway, NSV -- it would have been very easy to just manage the stress by randomly eating stuff, but I didn't! It didn't even occur to me other than very very briefly.

A tiny Tuesday goal -- today I got the '80 days in a row' message -- and I am definitely going to log every day to 100.

Cheers

Alison

Good afternoon friends. Can't believe the weather we are having here. Was in the 80s yesterday and suppose to be same today as well as very humid. By the weekend high will be in the 40s. Looking forward to Saturday and the Down Syndrome Guild Walk. I know I won't have problems doing the mile at all. What I will need to watch is all the lovely food. KFC will be supplying the lunc, hope they bring the roasted chicken. So excited, I received 2 Sweating to the Oldies tapes today and will be starting them tonight. Will be going very slow at first and know I am going to be sore for several days. I don't know about you all, but I have this stomach that hangs down and makes button pants impossible to wear. I am praying Richard can help me get there. At my granddaughter's house and will going to be going outside to play as soon as she is fully awake.

Robin, I am so glad you are able to do more without pain. I am glad I'm done with predisone. Can't blame you on the bagel, you are doing fine!

Butterfly, I am praying for your continued healing and glad you have lots of support.

Tom, sorry about your glasses, I too would be lost without mine. Praying all your tests turn out well. You are doing good on trying to stop smoking, view it as your eating, your going to have slips, but ultimately you will win!!!

Sorry you lost all your work on personals Toots, I need to get better at doing them regularly.

Congrats on all the SVs and NSVs and praying for motivation for those struggling. Love you all.

Tuesday goal, do Richard Simmons 4x this week.

Christine

Tuesday is goals day, right?

My first milestone goal is to be under BMI 40 by the end of the year. When I reach that one, I'll figure out what I want my next goal to be. I tend to want to plan everything, but then I get overwhelmed by all the plans I've made.

My other goal is to be more active every day. After 10 hours of work & commute, I seem to have no energy in the evenings.


@Tina, congrats on getting registered for your classes. What are you studying?

First off, goals are fantastic. And I think that not putting a date on things makes it less stressful and more doable. You can do this

And thank you! I am VERY excited! I am going to get my Associates Degree in Nursing. To become and RN. And eventually I want to get my Bachelors degree. But right now focusing on my Associates. It's something I've ALWAYS wanted to do.

First I would like to lose another 15lbs by New Years!
Then I would like to be able to lose another 20lbs by April when I go to Germany!
However, I will take whatever loss I can achieve and be happy with it cause its down hill I am headed no matter how long it takes to get to the bottom

Have a GREAT day everyone!!

Tuesday goal- I want to lose 5 more pounds by Thanksgiving. I will do this by limiting my carbs and working out harder.
I have been maintaining my weight for almost a year now so it really needs to change and start dropping again. My next option is to drop my carbs to below 50g a day and see what happens.

Tomorrow will be busy as I have an observation at school, dentist appointment, personal training appointment then a workout with a friend and finally dinner, The last three will happen between 4 and 7:30pm. We are doing chili for dinner so that is somewhat healthy.

Hello Everyone,

Today was a good day! It was volunteer day at work so lots of walking. Food has been going ok really working on portion control. Not always easy but trying.

My goal is to keep walking this week, We have been having lots of rain lately but between drops you can get a walk in,

I have started thinking maybe I can start handling my Richard Simmons videos again, or to add weights. Like to expand my workouts.

Liz

@Cath -- so sorry to hear about your little puppy. I am praying for your fur baby and you and your family. Our fur babies are such a part of our families. I can understand eating through emotions its easy to do. We are here for you if at least a safe place for you to get it out.

Liz