Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Yup, me too, at least! My goal is to loose 55lbs by my 55th birthday. Walking the school track and counting calories. It's good to see I am not the only one with so much to loose, it seems overwhelming and impossible but I know it can be done Beth

I just wanted to stop in and say hello. I hope everyone is doing well, I hope to have enough time to read past post tomorrow. We have a lot to do here tomorrow, getting ready for SANDY..... Gas up the cars, food shopping, now that's going to be hard, buy food that doesn't need to be refrigerated. We will make it work, this isn't the first time and I'm sure it will not be the last. My daughter made me laugh with "what will happen if SANDY is still here on Halloween? Can we go trick or treating the next day? " I told her she will get to eat the candy that I buy. :bigsmile: Have a good night everyone, see you all tomorrow.

My daughter made me laugh with "what will happen if SANDY is still here on Halloween? Can we go trick or treating the next day? " I told her she will get to eat the candy that I buy. :bigsmile:

hey, you gotta have priorities lol

Happy Saturday
Finalyl got caught up on posts, so let the comments flow...
for those craving carbs- 1 thing that helps me is to mix some complex carbs with protein. My personal fave is fat free refried beans with cheese and salsa. It helps with the carbs and the extra fiber can't hurt. Although I will admit sometimes it just doesn't cut it and its piece or toast or 2 with some peanut butter

@Liz- and everyone else who is feeling depleted- we all have days or weeks like that but its vitally important that you take some tiem and refill your own lamp or you won't be in any position to give any kind of quality help to anyone else! My biggest hurdle witht hat is reminding myself that taking to time for me is necessary not selfish.

@imackbethl- sorry the job interview didn't pan out as you had hoped. We always want to have the option, not the other way around. Keep at ti and I am sure something will turn work out for you.

Robin'segg- Cognrats on the happy news from the Dr and even more importantly the clean house. Mine is a mess and in need of some TLC, then finish putting up the Halloween decorations

MyMOwMOw- We all experience freefalls of insanity. It makes us human, sometimes I get to a point where it seems like I need to almost just ride it out and pick up the pieces after rather than continuing to fight a losing battle. That is a wise decision to tyr and jsut level off durign the holidays, 'Tis the Season of Trigger Foods!!!

Helen- Yes you do deserve a clean a clutter free house, for me one thing that always helps get me on a cleaning binge is to watch a couple episodes of Hoarders! Nothing like reality TV to scare me into action, but whatever it takes!

Cath- so glad you got good news from the Dr about your puppy. I am not a dog person myself but we have a cat and he was the baby for 7 years before the human children came along. Pets are the children we don't have to send off to college

Friday fitness- Yes, I'm late, was a jazzercise class. Crazy day and made it to the last class fo the day. Today was the big one- I ran my first 10K today. It was cold but had a lot of fun, My time was n't wonderful but only 1/2 the course was on paved road, the rest was through trails and upa nd down hills. Ended up added a few mroe walk breaks than I had planned on but it was still a good experience, so glad I did it!

Interesting thing I learned formt eh nutritionist this week, he said part of my slow weight loss is from- get this Not eating enough calories! I am in my early 40s and have never had anyone say that to me my entire life! I al supposed to be at around 1200 cal a day btu need to eat back the calories burned during exercise, so that means on a jazzercise day its about 1700 cal. I guess it makes sense but it seems like sucha foreign concept I am really having a hard time wrapping my mind around this. So I have been adding calories, supposed to have at least 90 grams of protein a day, and staying away from the scale. I am an obsessive, no better make that possessed, scale checker! That has been almsot as hard as adding extra calories. Hoping to see some smaller numbers when I get ont he scale on Thursday.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend, and is grared up for halloween. I love the holiday but its the threshold to for me wha tis the most dangerous time of the year! Haven't even bought the candy yet, need to make the treats for the kids' school parties and the punch. Its a simple witches brew- apple cider, pineapple juice, diet 7 up and crushed ice. We will be floating plastic eyes, rats, spiders and whatever gross stuff I can find- this is for a room of 5th graders. 2nd grade gets graveyard yummies ( I know it needs a better name) basically its vanilla ice cream with crushed oreos on top and some gummy worms, bugs and candy body parts on top.

It's so hard to stay on top of everyone's post. This thread is getting long, but very good stuff!! In reading so many posts, I wonder why this week was so tough? It seems a lot of folks struggled with exercise, eating right, stress, etc. . . I just find it interesting how so many folks were struggling at the same time (myself included). Luckily, we all know this is just a phase in life and it too shall pass.

With that said, I hope everyone has a GREAT start to the week. Tomorrow is a new day and new week. Let's all get back on track. Stay under our calories all 7 days. Let's make sure we track every single bite we put in our mouth. Let's all try to get some kind of movement in every day even if it's parking further away, grabbing a 10 minute walk or just anything so we move. We're all strong men and woman who are on the same path to healthy living for life.

Hang in there!!!!!

Hello all, praying everyone is having a nice weekend. I am excited to say I met my goal of walking the Down Syndrome Walk today. I completed the walk which was 1 mile plus walked an additional hour during the morning. Next month I am planning to walk a 5K in St. Joseph with a friend. Took a free day today with my food and my tummy doesn't feel good. Tomorrow back to healthy!!! I am bushed, all that fresh, cold air has done me in. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Christine

Christine - I can't even tell you how impressed and inspired I am by how far you've come in such a short time!!

Oh, just wanted to say I skimmed through the posts, so hope I didn't miss anything vital.

@cath--glad to hear Luna will be ok

@mymowmow--hope your kitty is better soon

@robin--glad you can start exercising again

@holly--sorry you are having conflicts with your partner about the kids and your studies. He needs to step up and tell his kids to show you some respect, but first he needs to set the example himself. Does he resent you going back to school? Is he worried that you bettering yourself will somehow threaten your relationship with him. Sometimes people fear change in their loved ones b/c they are afraid they will get left behind. maybe you can sit down and have a talk with him about how important school is to you. Let him know that you want him to continue to be a part of your life, but that you are doing this for you whether he supports you or not.

@laurie--sounds like a rough day--glad you got through it

I haven't heard from charlotte either

Hello everyone! So many positives to read through - gotta love it.

Christine - wow. You're really doing great!
MyMowMow - hugs to both you & furbaby. Maybe kitty is watching the faeries (mine do that... and get chased around the house by them!)

Today for me - trying to reconstruct my father's recipe for green chili. Something he never wrote down, and I've been craving green chili for months. I tried to do it once years ago, but used round steak instead of pork (long story, but my parents always made two pots of chili when I was a kid - one red, one green. The only meat I remembered was round steak). Every recipe I've found uses pork instead of beef, so I'm going to see if that's the ticket. Roasted two chilies (anaheim), and they're sweating now. Here's hoping that I can get this right! I haven't had my dad's in many many years (he died in 1982), so thinking that maybe this is a good time to try again.

Have a great sunday, everyone!

Just running by again (okay, not really running, ha) to say hello. Congrats to those whose pets are getting better. Doggone it to everyone who's been struggling. WOOT for the successes!!

I'm reporting a NSV today, I brought home some groceries and while I was reaching to remove some items from a bag my ring flew off and across the room. Nice. :laugh: :laugh:

Be safe everyone who has to contend with the storm and its aftermath.

Lin

Christine- you continue to inspire me!!

MyMOwMow- great plan to have everything ready for the week. I wish i had a crock pot but i do have a cast iron dutch oven that i use in the oven on low heat for a slow cook that sort of works.

Robin- carbs are definitely my 'go to' foods when i overeat. So i have taken them out of the house except for some healthy bagels and bread i got at a health food store. My freezer is downstairs where i am doing some painting and yesterday i was sorely temtped to eat those bagels so i could not go downstairs all day or i would not have been able to resist.

Been cooking a few things like soup and lentils to have in the freezer after my knee surgery. Gonna make some spaghetti sauce using the elk meat i have in the freezer. I have been soooooo stressed about money (or the lack of) and my upcoming surgery that i have been having a very hard time staying on track. In the next 3 weeks I need to lose 10 pounds that i gained but at least it is no longer 25!
may try for a nice long bike ride today
while fretting over the storms coming to the east coast we had a significant earthquake and tsunami warnings on the northwest coast of BC. What is going on???? a bit scary. I live inland in lower BC so no worries here but i am sure it was nerve wracking for those on the coast

busy bump

Well, Hurricane Sandy is playing havoc with my schedule this week for working out. Government officials are asking everyone to stay off the roads tomorrow so I could go to the gym but I may not due to safety. It will depend on the rain and the wind tomorrow. My area of MD is expected to get 6+ inches of rain tomorrow through Tuesday and maybe into Wednesday. Schools have already closed for tomorrow. I know I will be grading many papers since I neglected that job this weekend while prepping for the storm.

Saturday- gym and rock climbing-all three walls tomorrow morning DONE:bigsmile:
Sunday- gym for cardio DONE:laugh:
Monday- trainer session if SANDY does not blow to hard - may be in jeopardy even state offices have closed. Just heard from trainer-- rescheduled.
Tuesday- gym if SANDY doesn't shut the city down.
Wednesday- Frisbee golf- again depends on SANDY
Thursday- rest
Friday- bowling and rock climbing

spent four hours at the pumpkin patch yesterday. took a lot out of me, but a whole lot less than previous years. yay for weight loss